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bishopmate: <Milo>... how in the world do you find this game to be a boring draw... it excellently played, with a lot of mistakes yes, but an awsome attack from topalov. This is not a boring game at all

dankem: <ketchuplover> yes, of course, for a while I was confident that Rxh4 was the move to play, but then I realized it lead to nowhere: 26.Rxh4 Qxh4 27.Nf6+ Kh8 28.Ng4+ Kg8 and then what? 29.Nh6+ is not feasible

iron maiden: I won't deny that Topalov should have won against Leko today, but to argue that "he should have lost" against Kasparov is just absurd. Being arguably slightly worse at one point isn't a theoretical loss.

hintza: <offramp> Leko can avoid immediate mate, but he would have to give up a lot of material to save himself. 44.fxg6 Rf6 45.Bd3 Rxg6 (forced) 46.Bxg6 Kxg6 47.Qxe6+ and Topalov is a rook and pawn up. In this position Leko could safely resign.

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